United Airlines Expands San Francisco-Sydney Service
Sept. 28, 2005 - United will offer three additional weekly roundtrip flights between San Francisco International Airport (SFO), a major gateway to the Far East and South Pacific, and Sydney Kingsford-Smith Airport in Australia, between Dec. 16, 2005, and Jan. 8, 2006 -- a peak holiday travel season for both countries. MORE

United revamps boarding process
United revamps boarding process: In an effort to speed up its boarding process, United Airlines will begin boarding its passengers by seat position instead of boarding by rows. MORE

NWA Seeks Legal Action Over Amex Payments
Sept 28, 2005 -- NWA and AMEX are negotiating through a dispute in which AMEX is withholding as much as $63 million in NWA tickets purchased by customers using AMEX credit cards, according to documents filed as part of the airline's bankruptcy proceedings. MORE

Boeing workers end four-week strike
Sept 30, 2005 - Boeing Co.'s commercial jet workers voted Thursday to ratify a new labor contract, ending a four-week strike, keeping intact most benefits and reopening factories for jetliner production. MORE

Delta Offers Customers Five New Destinations from Orlando
Sept. 27, 2005 – This fall Delta Air Lines invites customers to travel between one of the premier vacation capitals of the world – Orlando, Fla. – and five new destinations in the South and Midwest. MORE

Delta Offers Boston Customers New Service to the Bahamas
Sept. 27, 2005 – Just in time for the December holidays, Delta Air Lines’ (NYSE: DAL) customers will have more opportunities to exchange the snow and freezing temperatures of the Northeast United States for the tropical breezes and beaches of the Caribbean. MORE

NWA seeks $190 million in savings from IAM, temporary pay cut
Sept 29, 2005 - NWA is seeking concessions valued at $190 million per year from the approximately 14,400 fleet and passenger service employees, stock clerks and other workers represented by the International Assn. of Machinists and also wants to impose a temporary 5% pay cut that will remain in place until the company exits bankruptcy. MORE

Flyi to Lay Off 600 Workers, Cut Flights
Sept 29, 2005 - Flyi Inc., parent of Independence Air, said it will lay off 600 of its 3,400 full-time and part-time employees by late fall as the Dulles-based company cuts flights to five airports and discontinues all service to the West Coast. MORE

Pilots To Force Delta To Pay Pensions
Sept 27, 2005 - Retired pilots from Delta Air Lines are seeking to force the bankrupt carrier to keep paying their pension benefits after it warned earlier this month that it could miss the payments for 3,500 people. MORE

Flight attendants fume at 'Flightplan'
Sept 29, 2005 - Labor unions representing most of the nation's 90,000 flight attendants have urged their members to boycott a new Jodie Foster film that portrays a flight attendant and a U.S. air marshal as terrorists. MORE

ATA Airlines pilots ratify labor deal
Sept 28, 2005 - Pilots at ATA Airlines have ratified a three-year labor deal worth $84.5 million in savings to the bankrupt carrier by the end of 2007, ATA said Wednesday. MORE

BA Catering Staff Back Deal To End Dispute
Sept 28, 2005 - Fired workers at British Airways' caterer Gate Gourmet on Wednesday accepted a compromise deal designed to reduce their work force with a vote expected to end a long-running dispute at London's Heathrow Airport. MORE

Independence Air Announces New Airbus Service from Washington Dulles to Caribbean Destination
Sept 28, 2005 - Low-fare airline Independence Air is announcing new nonstop service from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) beginning December 16, 2005. Service will be aboard FLYi’s 132-passenger Airbus A319 aircraft. MORE

Independence Air Announces New Airbus Service From Washington Dulles to New York LaGuardia
Sept 26, 2005 -- The flight schedule will include two daily roundtrips, with departures from Washington at 9:30am and 3:00pm and departures from LaGuardia at 12:35pm and 5:15pm. MORE

Air France Increases Fuel Surcharge
Sept 29, 2005 - Air France announced a rise in its fuel surcharge on Thursday, adding between one and six euros to the price of tickets issued after October 4. MORE

Car / Rail / Cruise News

Amtrak To Modify Fare Increase
Sept 27, 2005 -- Amtrak has made modifications to its previously announced fare increases and will implement them in stages beginning Tuesday, October 4. MORE

More gas pains for drivers: AAA report: Prices climb nearly 3 cents nationwide; price changes fluctuate between regions, states.
Sept 30, 2005 -- Retail gasoline prices posted significant gains Friday, climbing nearly three cents a gallon, according to AAA's daily fuel gauge report. MORE

Hotel News

Choice Hotels Acquires Suburban Franchise Systems
Sept 28, 2005 - Choice Hotels International, Inc. acquired Suburban Franchise Holding Company, Inc., and its subsidiary, Suburban Franchise Systems, Inc. MORE

Marriott International, Inc. launched a new “lifestyle” concept, Renaissance ClubSport
Sept 29, 2005 - The boutique-style ambiance of the Renaissance Hotels & Resorts brand combines with a sleek, 75,000 square foot, upscale membership fitness club. MORE

J.W. Marriott, Jr. Joins New Orleans Officials and Marriott Employees for Reopening of JW Marriott New Orleans
Sept 29, 2005 - Marriott International, Inc takes a major step in the effort to rebuild and restore New Orleans when it raises the flag on the JW Marriott New Orleans hotel. MORE

Hotels spend big to lure guests
Sept 27, 2005 - The hotel business has come roaring back from its post-Sept. 11 depression, and travelers are reaping the benefits. MORE

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